Lucille Carter was born on March 15,
1917 on a farm in Holly Township, Murray County, Minnesota to
Albert and Josephine Staalle Foster. She grew up on the family
farm and attended country school. On April 5, 1936, she and
Leslie (Bub) Carter were married at Walnut Grove. Following their
marriage they lived in Shetek Township for a few years then moved
into Currie. They then started a gravel business and ran that
until 1976 when they sold it to their son, Wayne.

Bub passed away on November 25, 1988.
Lucille continued living in Currie. She became a resident of the
Tracy Nursing Home in 1997. In December 2006 Lucille moved to the
Prairie View Healthcare Center in Tracy.

Lucille passed away on January 25, 2007
at the Tracy Hospital in Tracy, MN at the age of 89. She was a
member of the Currie Presbyterian Church and belonged to the UPW.
Lucille enjoyed bowling, gardening, and working jigsaw puzzles.

Survivors include one son, Wayne, and
his wife, Joanne Carter of Currie, two grandsons; Tom Carter of
Dallas TX, and Steve Carter and his wife, Amy of Denver, CO; two
great grandchildren, Jane Carter and Ben Carter, two sisters and
their spouses, Lorraine and Leo Schultz of Seattle, WA, and
Lavonne and Cletus Morin of Bothell, WA, one sister-in-law, Betty
Foster of Tracy, MN and many nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by husband,
Bub, three brothers, Reuben, Glen, and Keye Foster, one sister,
Laverne Raunhorst.

Interment was in the Tracy City Cemetery
with the Totzke Funeral Home of Slayton handling the
arrangements.

Mabel Dahl, 90

Funeral services were held on Saturday,
January 27, 2007 for Mabel Dahl, formerly of Tracy, at First
Lutheran Church of Crystal in Brooklyn Park, MN.

Mabel was born on April 6, 1916 in
Marshall, MN to Joe and Bertha Johnson. She was married to Arden
Dahl in September of 1933 in Cottonwood, MN then moved to Tracy
in 1945, where they raised their family. Mabel continued to live
in Tracy until she moved to Minneapolis recently.

Mabel is preceded in death by her
husband, Arden Dahl; sister, Ruth Johnson, brothers, Earl and
Harold.

Interment was held on Monday, January
29, 2007 at Christ Lutheran Cemetery, Cottonwood, MN. Services
were handled by Gearty-Delmore Funeral Chapel of Robbinsdale, MN.

Lanita Krieg, 88

Lanita Krieg age 88 of Tracy, MN died
Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at her apartment in OBrien Court.
Services were held Monday, January 29, 2007 at the Zion Lutheran
Church in Tracy.

Lanita Johannah Krieg was born May 15,
1918 to William and Wilhehmina (Wittenberg) Uetzmann in New Ulm,
MN, Brown County. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran
faith and attended St. Peters Lutheran School in Gibbon, MN.

On April 29, 1937 Lanita married Edward
F. Krieg at the St. Peters Lutheran Church in Gibbon and they
made their home in Tracy, MN. Lanita worked as a bookkeeper for
many years at her husbands implement dealership, Ruthenbeck
& Krieg.

She was a member of the Zion Lutheran
Church in Tracy and active in the church womens groups.
Lanita enjoyed gardening and was a member of a flower club for
many years, she also enjoyed needle work, Bridge and card club,
and traveling with her husband to Mesa, AZ where they wintered
for 25 years.

Several years ago Lanita and her husband
moved into The OBrien Court Apartments in Tracy, where she
died Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at the age of 88.

Her parents, husband, Eddie, one
daughter-in-law, Irene, two sisters, Hannah Schwecke and Frieda
Seltz and three brothers, Fred, Clarence and Roland preceded her
in death.

Interment was in the Tracy City
Cemetery. The Almlie Funeral Home of Tracy handled the
arrangements.

Clarence Paradis, 79

Clarence Clem Paradis, age
79, of Marshall, passed away at the Avera McKennan Hospital in
Sioux Falls on Sunday, January 28, 2007. Funeral services will be
today, Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at the Hamilton Funeral Home
in Marshall. Burial will be in St. Clotilde Catholic Cemetery.

Clarence was born to Wilfred and Mary
(Bruce) Paradis on January 7, 1928 in Green Valley. MN. He
attended, was baptized, confirmed, and had first communion at St.
Clotilde Catholic Church in Green Valley.

After he served in the Air Force in
World War II, Clem drove truck and worked for Green Valley
Elevator, Walt Jacobs Truck, Smiths Trucking, Johnson
Leasing, Asphalt Supply, and MOB Trucking.

He was preceded in death by his son,
Keith Paradis; brother, Bruce Paradis; sisters, Bunny Williams
and Arlene Compton; and his parents.

Clems enjoyments in life were
gardening (tomatoes), hunting, watching TV, and being with family
and friends.

Jeremy Thovson, 32

Jeremy J. Thovson age 32 of Tracy, MN
died Thursday, January 25, 2007 at the Prairie View Healthcare
Center in Tracy. Services were held Tuesday. January 30, 2007 at
Tracy Lutheran Church.

Jeremy Jacob Thovson was born September
15, 1974 to Dale Thovson and Julie (Newton) Roby in Clearlake SD,
Deuel County. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith and lived for
a short time in Gary, SD. As a young boy, he moved with his
mother to Tracy, MN where he attended Tracy Public Schools.
Jeremy graduated from Tracy High School in 1994.

He grew up loving the outdoors,
including hunting, fishing, water skiing, snowmobiling, and dirt
bike riding. Listening to music was also a big part of his life.
Jeremy will always be remembered as a loving grandson, son and
brother to his family.

In 1991, as the result of injuries
sustained in a motorcycle accident, Jeremy became a resident of
the Prairie View Healthcare Center in Tracy, MN where he died on
Thursday, January 25, 2007 at the age of 32.

Interment was in the Tracy City
Cemetery. Arrangements were handled by Almlie Funeral Home of
Tracy.

Zoe Wilson, 84

Zoe Henrica Nathalia Wilson, passed away
Thursday, January 25, 2007, at a local hospital. She was born
July 26, 1921, in Flandreau, South Dakota, to Ivo Cyriel and Anna
(Onderbecke) DeWitte. She was a bookkeeper at Culpeppers
Furniture Store for many years and a member of the Lutheran
faith. She was a life member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. She was
interested in CB radios, police scanners, needle point, and
crocheting.

She is preceded in death by her parents,
her husband, Peter Thomas Persoon, one brother, and one grandson,
Mark Wayne McCoy.

She is survived by son, Robert John
Persoon and wife Candice of Billings, Montana; daughters, Marlene
Jacqueline McCoy and husband Edward of Tracy, Minnesota, Rita
Persoon McCarty of Baytown, TX, sister, Betty Lou Litka of
Pipestone, Minnesota, grandchildren, Lori Dagel and husband
Wayne, Denise King and husband Kevin, Ricci McCarty, and Jim
Persoon, great grandchildren, Brent, Jared, and Nicholas Dagel,
and Amber Wilson, great-great grandchildren, Joseph and Isaac
Dagel, and numerous cousins and other family members in Belgium.

As an alternative to flowers, the family
has requested that donations be made to the VFW Foundation 
The Unmet Needs Program. www.vfwfoundation
.org/programs_unmet.aspx
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